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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/47 
4 September 2006 
 (06-4192) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plants and plant materials and other regulated articles as per Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India)  Order, 2003 and its Amendments.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partner countries, exporting plants and plant materials to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India) (Fourth  Amendment) Order, 2006 (Available in 
English/Hindi;  6 pages)  
6. Description of content:  Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fourth 
Amendment) Order, 2006 seeks further to rationalize provisions governing import of certain species of plants and plant products into India for which country-specific, commodity-
specific and item-specific pest risk analysis ha ve been finalised.  This notification will also 
make possible imports of plants and plant ma terials into India, which were, till date, not 
permitted to be imported into India.  The list of new plants/ plant materials includes 15 new 
items under Schedule VI and 3 new ite ms under Schedule VII of the Order.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The contents of this notification are in 
consonance with the International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of Internal 
Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO and are based on applicator’s manual of treatments.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  English and Hindi  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This draft notification is to be adopted on 30 November 2006.  G/SPS/N/IND/47 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  30 November 2006 (Tentative)  
12. Final date for comments:  31 October 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Mr. Amand Shah, Director, Plant Protection Division, 
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No.233, 
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India. 
Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 / 23384468 E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com  / amand@krishi.nic.in  / dac.sps@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India (http://agricoop.nic.in ) and (www.plantquarantineindia.org.in) & 
National Enquiry Point:  Mr. Amand Shah, Di rector, Plant Protection, Department of 
Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Ag riculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhavan, 
New Delhi – 110 011, India.  Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 / 23384468 E-mail:  amand@krishi.nic.in  / amandshah@hotmail.com/  dac.sps@nic.in